An American woman has been freed by the Taliban in Afghanistan, after that, two Britain and her Afghan translator were detained earlier this year, former Washington’s former envoy Kabul, Zalmay Khalilajad said on Saturday.
“American citizen Fay Hall, which has been released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, will soon be on his way to his home, and will soon be on the way to his house,” Khalilajad, who has been part of the American delegation working on the Taliban hostage release, has written on X.
The American citizen Fay Hall, which is released by the Taliban, is now in the care of our friends, Katris in Kabul, and will soon be on his house. Thank you, #QATARFor your ongoing and stable partnership. #USA #Afghanistan pic.twitter.com/cmsbuaq7qr
– Zalme Khalilzad (@realzalmaymk) March 29, 2025
The hall was detained in February with Peter and Barbie Reynolds, who are in their 70s, as they traveled to the British couple’s house in Central Bamiyan province.
Taliban officials have refused to expand the cause of his arrest.
Khalilajad, with his announcement, posted a picture of the hall smiling with Qatar representatives before his departure from Afghanistan.
Khalilazad was on a rare visit by US authorities to meet Taliban officials earlier this month earlier this month, with American hostage messenger Adam Boheller.
After its visit, the Taliban government announced the release of American citizen George Glizman after detention of more than two years, in the deal broke by Qatar.
He and the hall are one of the many Americans released from Taliban detention this year.
In January, two American-Ryan Corbett and William McCent–an Afghan fighter, detained in Afghanistan, were freed in exchange for Khan Mohammed, who was convicted of narco-violentism in the United States.
At least one other American citizen, Mahmud Habibi, is still held in Afghanistan.
The Taliban detained the British couple detained with the hall.
His daughter has expressed serious apprehension for her father’s health and appealed to the Taliban authorities to free her.
Reynolds, who married in Kabul in 1970, conducted school training programs in the country for 18 years.
After the Taliban acquisition in 2021, he lived in Afghanistan when the British Embassy withdrew its employees.
The government in Kabul is not recognized by any country, but many including Russia, China and Türkiye have kept their embassies open in the Afghan capital.
The Kabul government has expressed hope for the “new chapter” with Washington since the re -election of US President Donald Trump.
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